15 CENTS A WEEK. ALBANY, OREGON, SAl'UKpY, AUGUST 31 1889. VoUSfo. 235 '
nnn an - ' : - n . ' ,
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FOR PURE DRUGS.
OILET
CO
-HE ALSO
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The Finest Line of Pianos and Organs in the
Willamette Valley.
CALL AND EXAMINE HIS STOCK.
ie Ldiotr
Carries the Largest Line
and Boys' Clotliing,
Goods, Etc. in ths
ette Valley.
SUITS MADE TO ORDER
Id !Iis Mercbt
FOSTER BLOCK,
LUMBER!
-THE-
BULKLEY I HEALD LUMBER COMPANY.
HUDSON, OR.
Are now prepared to furnish lumber in car-load lots in Albany.
Write for prices to us at, DRAIN, DOUGLAS CO. OREGON.
&
oims
CHEAPEST PLACE IN TOWN.
-DEALERS IN-
Stores, Tin, Sheet Iron and Copperware, Pumps
Iron Pipes and all hinds of IHumbing Goods.
Aqentsfor the Ce1ehrated
ON TIME
I'.x kn;g and Heating Siovcs, the beat steye for the least Money over
sold in this city. Give them a call at the Pierce Block .NrcTtli Firs:
Street. Albany, Oregon.
Tulius Joseph
Manufactauer of Choice Ciais
' ND DEALER IN
FINE
f i n
ivnnn
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Cigars, Plug and Sni(;kirt; T l a op, N.vi iscliiirn :n lii.i !;.
full line of Smokers' Articles. Also ilesil r in
CALIFORNIA AND TROPICAL ItlL'IiS.
Next door to Pffcifft r's eaiu'.y store, Albany. Oieicou,
FANGT GOODS
TO
mm
Successor to E. W. Langdoa
-DJSALKS IX-
Drugs, Paints. Oils
Perfumery and toilet article?
uli a full line of books nxw
stationery, periodicals, etc.
3?" Prescriptions careful!;
-umpoanded
IN ODD FELLOWS TEMPLE
Albany Oreg.,
CARRIES -
Cloler.
Tailoring Department.
ALBANY
LUMBER
Saltmarsh.
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SPECIAL KOT1CE.
DR. W. C. NEGUS,
Graduate of the Royal College of
London, England, also of the Belle
vue Medical College.
The Dr. has spent a lifetime of
study and practice and makes a spe
cialty of chronic diseases, removes
cr.Tiec.s, scrofi'laenlai't;einHiiti,ta.i:ors
j nd wtiis, without pain or the :;-.
i'a- aUo makes a tpecial'; or
siiciit witii electricity. 11
in tiic German FremJi and 1". ':
hospital. ( V.lls promptly att. :i l.i
day or iii:l;t. his motto is
"GOOD WILL TO ALL."
ta Odiec and residence Ferry street,
between Third and Fourth.
9,999.00
IN GOLD
(liven Away.
10
Cut ont tliit! autetlta'ini'ni ai:(i mid it
J. LAIIJ'KKJt CO., Nurpcryinan. Tormito,
Canada, with 14 threc-ccr.t Canadian, or t 1
two-cent Aniericau postage stamps, ard thev
will semi you by mail (postpaid) in good time
for planting in April or May next, your
choice of any one of the following collection
of plants, and enter your name in competi
tion for the $9,999.00 in Rcld that they arc
giving away in order to introduce their nur
sery stock.
Collection of Flarvt5
No. 1 2 hardy roses.
Xo. 2 2 hardy climbing roses,
No. 3 2 ovcrbloomiugfroses forfhoii'c cul
ture. No. 42 dahlias.
No. 510 dadiola.
No. 63 hvdy grape vines."
No. 7 -8 raspberry plants, 4 eacl.J black and
red:
No. 8 20 strawberry plants, 4 choice kinds.
No. 9 5 very choice plants four house cul
ture. No. 10 5 cherry currants (ret1).
No. 11 ft Lees prolific currants (black)
Xo, 12 5 white grape Currents
All letters w ith this advertisement enclosed
along w ith stamps for any one or more coi
tions of plants, will be numbered as they
fome to hand, and the senders of the first
thirteen hundred will receive gifts as follows:
1st $250 The next 20, $10 each.
2nd 100 The next 40, $5 each,
3rd- 50 The next 415, 82 each.
4th 30 '1 he next 820, $1 each.
oth 20 1
After 0,000 letters have been received, the
senders of the next 1,100 letters w ill receive
i;ifts as follows:
1st $225 I Next 10, $15 each
3nd 135 Next 15, $10 each
2rd 75 Next 40, $5 each 5
4th - 50 Next 470, $2 each
5th 25 I Next 500. $1 each
Aftjr li 0,000 letters have been received,
?3 k.soitir iiwt 1,000 letters will ru-
v 1 Its :it iriiUws:
an.l . .$11 each Next 5 $20 each
3, 4 and 5 . 75 each J Next 15 10 each
(i, 7and8. . 50 each Next 3i! 3 each
3. 10, 11, 12. 25 each I Next 093 1 each
After 150,00.) lett-.-rs have been received the
seniicrg of the nexi letters will lecjive
Kins us lUilUUK:
1 $Uia each Next 10 $23 each
2 75 caih j Next 25 in each
3 and 4 50 each Next 5S5 .... 2 each
Next 5 25 each Next 479 1 each
Any pcr.-w may tend any number of times
for uuy i the above collections 1 f 5 tentsin
stamps cxfr;i is s ni., we w-;il send in .lun
m.xt a primed list of the names of all persons
who are entitled to gifts.
We make this liberal offer to readers of the
Umrami, Knowing it will not pay in now, but
our object is to ii.trojuee our stock and build
up a trade Our mailing points arc Toronto
and Shruhmount. Out., HochccUr. N. Y.,
Louisville, Ky., Plainesville, O., and Chicago,
111., ami we will guarantee all stock to reach
'ur customers in good condition. We employ
no ai-ents, but deal direct with customers,
and can sell and deliver stock to any part of
the United States or Canaua a ahout ne
half the price charged by other nurserymen,
throuirh agents. Kcmcmlicr we w ill not be
undersold by any reliable firm. Send us
list of wants and we w ill quote you prices; or
10 cents for a band ome illustrated eatnlrpue
which you may deduct from vour first order.
Address all letters
J. I.AHMER & CO.,
Nursery nen.
TORONTO, CANADA.
WANTED.
THOSE WISHING A FIRST
class piane, sewing machine, tlie
latest music or artists' materials, will
rind a bargain hy calling at Mrs. B,
Hyman's. The pianos are fully guar
anteed for five years. The best
piancs made to stand the climate of
the Pacific coast. The New Ameri
can Sewing Machine will please most
fastidious Painting and music les
sons given there. Stamping, Em
broidery ami Dressmaking done t
order. N. 115 1st St., Albany, r.
H. F. MERRILL,
Banker,
ALBANY. OREO0N
Sells exchange on New Yrk, San
Francisco aDd Portland.
Buy notes, state, county and city
warrants. Receive deposits subject t
check. Interest allowed ou time de
posits
Collections receive prrapt attention
Correspondence solicited.
JOflice hours from 8 a. m. to 5r. m
Agent for reliable fir and marine
nsuranee companies.
ALBANY
Colbiate Institute
J
ALBANY,
1888
OREGON
IMS
A Eull Corps of Instrucrs.to
Classical, scientific, literary, eonnicrclal
and normal classes Court.es of study ar
ranged to met the needs of all grades of
students. SfeJa! inducements offered t
students from abroad. Tuition ranges from
05.50 lo $12.5 IVr Term.
Instrumental instruction in music wi
given by Miss Laura Goltra.
Boar. I in pri ate families at low rates, and
rooms for self boarding at nmall f xmnsc. A
careful supervision exercised over pup
away from Ik inn-.
For circul r. ami full parricuiurs, nodire
thcpre-ii'et.
RKV KLIiERT X. COM IT,
1 any, ' .", 1
Try one Bro - I aj, ooe 5 I
Havaia ciars.
I f" t I FKf THB 8lrATE .PAPlTAt. j PACIFIC COAST INTEREST: j M EXTCO'SMKXrORTS..
mm
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. TA marvel
ol purity .strength and wholesomcnesE.
More economical than tne oramary
kinds, and cannot be sold in competi
tion with multitude of low test, short
weight alum 01 phosphate powders
Sold only in fins, Rotal Bakix" w
der Co . W, Wall St., N. f.
;.W CnowLET & C., Agents,
Portland, Orcgn.
WH. DAVIS, M. D. PHTS1CIAKI AND
suigeon. Can be found at his off ce
room in Ktrahan's block, First street. Albany
Oregon-
DR C. CHAilBEKLIN. HOMEOPATHIC
phvficinii and lurgeon. Office, corner
Third and Lyon streets, Alltany, Oregon. Of
fice hours, mornings, 8 to 9 and 12 to 1 and
after 6 in evenings.
(x
W. 1IASTON, PHYSICIAN AM SL'fi
, goon, Albany, Oregon
M
H.t ELLIS. PEYSICIAN AND SURr
. gcon, Albai.y, Oregon.
n C. KELLY. PHYSICIAN AND 5Utt
J. geon Allapy, Oregon, ofHce in Puree's
new block Ottice.hours, from 8 A. M. to 4
P. M.
4 J. IIOSSITER, VETEHIXAIiY SL'li-
rx . geon, graduate of Ontario vctenr-n y
college and member of the Ontario veterin
ary medical society, is prepared to treat the
u:seascs of all cenx sticated animals cn
scientific principles. Olfice tt Ans Marshall's
livery stahle. Kesiccnce 4th and Calapooia
streets, Albanv, Oregon.
DR. I. W. STAP.I!, PHYSICIAN AM)
Surgeon, late of lirownsvilie. Or, Ottce
in the StrahamPearce block upstairs in the
lear room cn the vS" aaH. fci! pri!riptlir
attendeu to in city or uountiy.
TR. R KOLDEWAY. VETERINARY SUR
U geon, Albany, Orc-on - -Graduate f fietj
man and Anierictm colleges.
Dr.. F. A. McAmstm: iiomf.oi'atmic rnv
sician and surgeon. Has removed his
o'fice into Crawford's blck. All calls prompt
ly attended to.
DIIC. A. WHITNEY, PI1YMCIAX A XI)
surgeon. Graduate t Ilellcvue Hospi
tal Medical College, Xew York City. Din ases
of women s spc ialty. Olfice in Frrman's
brick, Albany Oregon.
1TT i:Kls.
1. S. S. liLACKIll IIN. U. W. WRIGHT.
BLACKtll liX, & WKIGHT ATTORNEY AT
Law. Albanv. Oregon. Olfice in Odd
i):,l!ow's Temple. A'ill practice in all courts
j. the state, and give special attention loan
business.
UrOLVEbTON CHARLES E. ATTORNEY
f at Law, Albanv, Or. Offiexs in rooms 13
and 14, Foster's ll'look. oyer L. E. Blain's
stor ,
T li. WEATHOKI'OIU', ATTORNEY AT
t) . law, Albany, Oregon .Office in Odd
Fellow's Temple. Will pract In all thi
courts of thestate, and give special attention
-o all business.
H
EWERT. PRACTICAL WATCHMAKE
. and jeweler, Albany, Oregon,
Land Surveying.
PARTIES D8SIRINO SDRVMTINa tONB CAN OB
tain accurate and prompt work by callins
upon ex-county survcyoi t. T. T. Fisher. He
has complete copies of field notes . And town
ship plats, and is prepare I to do surveving in
any part of Linn county. Postoffiee address
Millers Station, Linn cou itT,Orega.
B. WINN. AGENT FOB THE LEAS-
ing fire, life and accident insurance com
panies.
FURNISHED ROOMS TO RtHT.
City Restaurant.
AT THE
THAT HACKING COUGH caw ie
so quickly cured by Shiloh's Cure. We
guarantee it. Fosbay & Mason.
l?OR RENT- A C MMODIOUS STORE ?6
Jl 50. An A 1 location. Small stack ai d
fixtures jr sale, Adi res r call an Ashbj
it Dickinson. Alban). xr. .
UOR SALK A M'NO DRIVING MARE,
X well hioeand cctle. Inquire of r. Jl
French.
Ul A.MfD-A MI7NG M IN DESIRES A
situation ue a carinter Address Ge. .
Sandman, Albany ! atotfice'
lrin . lie lr le-
GOol. SUPPI . OF FIRST CLASS
A drai tile t rale at the Eage brick
and cite fa tori l as f lbany near Knox
Butte. at the ctory r address Proptf
& usti. barn ri gon
olli. IhHtl; l Y GIVEN T'JAT PI -pert
wmn-i-rr required by ordii anc
tocutdnw'. no nm-'vead thistles and ol -noxious
v ei-ds gt. ing ujvon their premit-e. .
and upon be stre-1 adjoining thereto, wiitni.
the city 1 mi's o: A ai-y. 'ihose failine t
doswil k IM i- o a flue ol f.l.
By nrd tin : marshal,
J.N. H0FFMA
. ACE
11 EAT MAKKI i
am fcc.
Vtmi i i
' be best -m
L.fk 4ar. -vi
band
FiFE.Prr)j.
4 It.
lioict i f,tcal,i, i
be eit kept ci t ri
Auoi'iM i n ; i '- diKim seli (1 '
no!-. in : K-i, Why nt g i
' onn Pro .. ;(() buy vmir.-vK a troi.
eig:ir '1 b'.-v Keen the best ii ttni.
Art'e'es of Icorporaf?n and Ajp
Iintmntsby 4e Go Termor.. .
Sales:,. Atijr uf).' The following
article 0 hn;rforaticti v.ere C'ed
w i4j.'Hi-tr.i;:;jftary of state tcklay:
y i : "' ;;-d Jfehalem ' liail-
- ' "' '.: i''.vli0t:t.'.fcciurate
V s "-. v'3p" 'lintf froitv a
ion t-Mok' iScawtiGoSti ha v. Cc-
lomhia couniy, to a: poitit "at lff
uoar mouth of Oak Itant-h creek' oa
Nehalem liver, in earr coumy.
Pryidpal vlat-e of "busioi??B. Port
land; : capital - stock, "$250,000.
JamsMarkJe-Jr.. E. J.:-JefileT.
J. C. CarC.. A. Kinnev, Jsfock'
and F. A. ilooie aie interpolators.
lne Carbon Lenle- Lea and
ln cpnfirjil mininw lniino- in Tpr.
rlto-y of Idaho. Capital stock,
i,'jw,u'ok; principal piace 01 ujs
ness, I'oriland. (ieo. J. Lonz,
Nathan Elliott, Gera!d lloberlsor,
K. W. Emmons and D. W. Burn
side, in corpora Lots.
F. D. Chamber'ain, Tortland;
JW. Kaybarn, CorvaNis; T. I..
Vfl!lno AlTwnv" lnnrtva .WViAarar
Prairie Citvt Gt ant coantv; P. 6!
unnsi.om, xorest orove, washing
ton county, have been appointed
notaries public.
THE MAKKETS.
The Daily Report of the Ma. -kefs
of the World.
LiVEPoob, Aug. 30. Californ'a
cargoe3, off coast, 3513; prompt
shipmeni, 3119 ; wheat futures No.
1 Oalafornia, 7.114 Aug.; C.ll';
Sept.; 71 Oct.; G.lljo Nov. anu
Dec; 6.1 i;i Jan.
Pak.s. Au. 30, 4:30 : m. Spot
wheat; flour steadier.
New Yoke, Aug. 39. Grain
freight to Liverpool by steam, Jc ;
w beat opened 85 Aug ; S4!4 Sept. ;
85 Oct.; S'i" Dei:.; noon S4,V.
Aug.; 84.' Sept.; 84 Oct.; 87 'X
Dec.
C.i caco, Aug. 30. Wheat
receipts, 530,001); shipments. 477,
000 bushels. Wheat onened, 77 '4
Aug. ; 77.' j; Sept. ; 7SJ, lec. ; 2
M:;v. Noon 77 'fi Aug.; 77i Sep.;
77sy Oct.; 7S7;! Dec; S2J8 May.
e-AN Fr.AXc'xo, Aug. 30. lie
ceipts, 15,500 cti.. wheat: L'S.OUO
qtl. Hour; 400dctls.oats; 3-00 sks.
potatoes; 8'00 ctis. barley.
Gliaiiered spot lor Corkuk,
Havre or Antwerp; br. sh.
Th'itatta, iron, 1748(37'-i ; sch.
Geo. C. Perkins, lumber, Sou'id to
VV est count
Wheat Theot market is dull
weak, in sympathy with Liveipool
advices; No. 1 sliipping 127
opt'on weak; sales, No. 1 white,
buyer year, were 100 tons 1.36js
and C00 luis (T1.37;.;; buver sea
sti 1.41',,'; seller year, new,!. 2S'4.
ijanev j-.asier leeiing; o icrums
larger; quote ihoice feed, 07
o.tions neglected.
Oats lhisiness is quiet bnt
prices rule steady at 112' .jc 115 fc
choice feed, 110 for No. 1 and 100
1070' for poorer grades.
Dags PJasv ; demand, slow:
quoted nominally at 6!sc for Cal-
cuttas.
MillstuH's weak and tending
lower; bran, Uregon, ?12.50
!fl3.00; middlings $13.50 14.00
per ton.
New York. Aug. 30 Wheat
closed 84,'i; Aug. 84; Sept. 84?8 ;
Oct. 85,34 ; Nov. 80 Dec. 87Ji.
Ch'cago, Aug. 30. Wheat
closed 77 Aug; Sept. 773; Oct.
70)i ; Dec. S2?s ? May.
San Francisco, Aug. 30, r. m.
Wheat buvers year opened at
I36;close'd 137M- Buyer's sea
son . 141; seller's year, new,
128.
BEERCOUM GP.ATN REPORT.
Losdon, Aug.30. Weather fine ;
floating cargoes very slow ; cargoes
on passages rather easier; spot
trade paralyzed.
Liverpool, Auj. 30. Spot wheat
lepressed ; California 6-9 and 7-9;
No. 1 Bombay 7 ; Red Winter
til 7.
RETURNED WITH A MESSAGE.
A Carrier Pigeom's Long Flight
Ovr the Pacific Ocean. -
San Francisco, Aug. 29 . -G
re T Marsh, a curio merchaa
i this cty, who sailed fr Japan
on the Arabic iHSt Thursday took
fire aioeons with him. with the
hject, t only of testing their
durante hut als of settling the
tut o whether a enrrir dove
uld flv ovrr a great expanst- l
w ier. Tues ay Bight one ot
tur-te doves retarned tm this city.
Securely fastened t its leg wa a
-i-age from Mr. Harsh. It i
tight that the pig-on was iet
r niien the steaner was about
hour-Hn'l miles out tn sea.
INSURE.
Julius Gradwohl calls theatten
i.iti of the citizens of Albany to in
e before it is too late. He rep
scnts teven insurance companies
.o can v a capital of $76,000,000,
tli a cash deposit in the state of
. Kon of $350,000.
Farmers who have spent the en
year in producing a crop
wheat should run no risks now,
it promptly get insurance ujxin
rup and guard against fire, for
hey lose their crop by fire, it is a
lamity to the whole community
well ji an irreparable injury to
them.
Seattle, Ellensburg, Vancouver
d Spokane Falls has nothing to
with ur companies ; the losses
i ! all be paid and still we are:
idy lor business, the sp.jne as ai-i-
the Chicago fire.
An Interesting Decisioa-jrt' aTim-
bep Land Contest Case
Washington, Ang. O.--First
Assistant ttecretaiy ' Csandler of
the inieiior department, bt 're
versed the decision of .the commis
sioners of the general land ffice in
tiiece of the United. States vs.
William Kellum, cDtfyman, and
Char.es W. Maykar' as transferee,
h Iduig ivT cnncellatioD fielhim s
timber land entry for land in sees
tion 80, township 8 North, r&ug 3
West, Oiejren City land di tnct.
The case came up on appeal-of
defendants. The local land officers
bad lec:d'tti 'fitftor 'at the enrs-
men and t:aisfr e. but the gener
al land commissioner overruled
them, al'eging that be land ws
fit for agricultural purooses, and
therefore net subject to entry under
the timber culture iaw. Assistaot
Secveiary Chandler says that alter
an examination of the recrrds and
testimeny in the case, he is of the
opinion that appellants have, by a
preponderate or testimony, shown
that the tract in coniroversj is
valuable chiefly for timber, but un
fit for cultivation, and that only
about eight acres ef said land, if
cleared, would be lit for cultivation
or ordinary agricultural purposes,
owing to its precipitous, rocky and
broken surface.
tensions granted.
Pensions have been granted the
the tollowiacr peisons In Oregon:
Original invalid, Eiastns Kidder;
original widow, etc , Elvira Oakley,
formerly wife of Edward Chattin.
TELEGRAPHIC FLASHES.
The president has not yet deeided
upen calling an extra session.
An unsuccessful attempt has been
wade to blow up the Jacksoe,
Mich., prison.
Thirty-three Chinamen were ar
rested in Baltimore for playing fan
tan.
Cad whisky caused a riot at a
negro jubilee meeting at Lockes
buig, Ark., ddring which tevetal
weie fatally shot.
Milwaukee is crowded with
striingcr9 who have Come .o atteLd
the annual encampment of the G.
A. R., which is open.
It ia said that the republic of
Hayli objects to Frederick Doug
lass being sent to that country as a
sinister ol the URi;ed b'.atei be
cause of his color, they desiring tc
have a white m;n instead.
Four tramps were put up for sale
at auction yesterday at Moberly,
Mo., two biinjjug 2 each, one r5
cents aad the other tiuding no pur
chaser. These sold must serve
their purchasers four months.
VALl'ABLE CLAY.
A Sline of Earth Used by Paper
Manu acto'-ers
Ne v Yorlc Tcl' iran,
A manufacturer who, when a
boy, had worked in a taper factory,
and bad thus become familiar with
the clays used for sizing and
weighting paper, was riding along
a new road in St. Lawrence county,
wheo he noticed a peculiar forma
tion of solt white rock through
which the road passed for some
distance. Taking a sample, he ex
amined it carelully undei the
microscope, and found that it was
fibrous, and evidently peculiarly
adapted to paper making. He
then had tests made by manufact
urers, who reported 6o favorably
that he bought the land aad began
mining. He is bow shipping over
100 tons a day, and his product is
rapidly displacing the clays lor
ineily used, as its fibrous nature
makes it prt of the warp and weft
of the paper, instead of sizing only.
No other such deposit is at present
known m the country.
Disarming an Bnteem re.
"This wae sometime a paradox," a
Hamlet says. Since, however, the
people of America and other
have been enabled to pit Hosteller
Stomach Bitters against that unseen
foe, malaria, it is no longer aparadex,
but an easy possibility. Whatever
malaria evolves its misty venom to
poison the air, and decaying unwhole
oome vegetation imprcgnater the
wutcr, there, in the very stronghold
or miasma, is the auxiliary potent to
;..rmthe foe and assure efficient
protection. Fever and ague, bilious
'emitteot, dumb sfcue ana ague cake,
do matter how tenaciously they have
I'sienei" their clutch on the system,
a e first forced to relax their praco
and eventually to abandon it alto
Rei.ber. But it ir preventive force
t li r , should chiefly recommend tLo
Ci iters lo pei-sons dwelling in m'ari-
ursed locaiiiies, for it is a certain
buckler of defence againEt whicu tho
enemy ,s powei less. Cures, like wiae.
dyspepsia, rheumatism, kidney and
billiout ailments.
California CaCK-Cnre.
Thnnnlv irnnrnt(-(t curs for catarrh
cold in the head, hay fevar, rose cold,
i-atarrlial deafi.ess and sore eyes. Ke
store the sense of taste and unpleasant
breath, resulting irom caiarrn. nasy
aad pleasunt to use. Follow directions
ant a cure is warrantee, Dy an arug-
frisls. Send for circular to Abictine
Medical Company, Oroll'e, V il. Six
month' Ircatnirnt for fl; sent by
mail. $1 1", For ale V Foshay 4
q vara ul fed, for $30 cash, at F M
Frtnclti, th corner Jewlry Store.
Trade. Between Mezic and tko
- United States. . '
O. W. Hunford's Monthly Lcttei.
In collecting statistics dealing
with' Mixican affairs we are bin -dered
in - securing complete ac
curacy by the fact that a great deal
of merchandise is transported be
tween the countries by rail and
taken ttcros? he border without
becoming a matter of record. Con
sequently .fce amount represented -;
by statistics must be added to very
largely. "Cortez knew Mexico., as. V
theland of gold and precious
metals, andhi6 is the most promi-
fairs, but th'eewutceteWrtber-
country in metals are by bo means
exhausted; in fact we arc safe in
savins that the development has-
jnst begun. Mexico naturally
looks to the United btates, being
the nearest, for what wc can send .
her in manufactured .goods, aad
while we do lully two thirds of the
business of Mexican exports and
imports, we should do even more
than this, and it will become vastly
more important in future as the
volume increases; this increase
being very noticeable, as for in
stance: The total Mexican ex
ports increased from $330,000,000
in '86 to $390,000,000 in '87. Of
this amount $26,000,000 of the ex
ports ot '87 were precious metals,
$13,125,010 coming to the United
Btates, nearly $9,000,000 being sent
to Great Britain, and the third
largest amout $3,500,000 coing
to France. Syain, the country that
gave Mexico its language and
many of its characteristics, only re
ceived $500,000 w oilh of the total
exports of Mexico for 1887. The
country is beginning to do its min
ing accoiding to modern principles.
Where placer mining was a method
followed in former years, the
crushel and hydraulic pump arc
now developing mines in districts
which were formerly thought to be
barren and worthless. Not only is
she famous for raeials, but she
grows vast quantities of coee,.)ut?,
and many kinds of grasses, and ex
ports many kinds of wood for build
ing and cabinet work, and somo
india rubber. Copper also prom
ises to become a leading expor'.,
and Chili and the Lake Superior
region, in the United Btates, will
prooably have a strong rival before
ions.
SCRAPS OF SCIENCE.
New tools for cutting purposes
should bo rather hard than soft, as
the temper will be reduced by wear.
An espalier pear tree at Pollet,
France, was planted in 15S0, and is
now the oldest in Europe. It spreads
1' ) feet, its etem is three feet
through, and it still bears 3,(30 to
4,001) pears yearly.
A laboratory intended mainly for
the study of bacteria in milk is to be
established in Ikrlia. Infant mor
tality is known to he largely due o
unwholesome milk, which can be
rendered harmless by destroying the
germs.
The hiehest pressur j used to drive
a water-wheel is claimed by a valley
near Grenoble, France, where a tur
bine tea feet in diameter has been
operated since 1S75 with a head of
1C38 feet. A flow of about seventy
five gallous of water per second gives
a force of 15 '0 horse-power.
Some experiments lately made at
the Royal Polytechnic School at
Munich show that the strength of
camel-hair belting reaching 6315
pounds per square inch, The camel
hair belt is unaffected by acids.
The toUl length of the submarine
cables at present in use is given by
an Austrian paper at 113,031 miles.
Of this length 102,531 miles belong
to various cable companies aad
10,500 miles are government property.
The deepest ocean soundings were
recently made by the British survey
ing ship Egeria, the one depth being
4295, tne other 4430 fathoma (about
equal to five English miles). The
first sounding was made in latitude
24 deg. 37 min. south, longitude 175
deg. 8 min. west, the last sounding
some twelve miles to the south.
According to Gollner'a numerical
scale for vho hardness of metals,
ranging over eighteen degrees tho
following is the order iu whioh this
quality places them, beginning with
the least, pure son lead, followed
successfully, by pure tin; pure hard
lead; soft tempered copper; pure soft
copper, cast; soft Babbit metal, hav
ing copper eighty-five, tin tep, zinc
five; tempered cast iron; fibrous
wrought iron; fine grained, light gray
cast iron; strengthened east iron, 0.1
turnings; soft iron, with 0,15 of car
bon; u n tempered ateel, with 0 96 car
bon; crucible steel, tempered and
drawn to blue; crucible steel, tem
pered and drawn violet or orange;
crucible steel, tempered and drawn
steel color; bard bronze lor beansgs;
cast crucible Bteel of glassy hardness.
Pointed cylinders are made from each
of the metals of this scale, and these
points are used for testing the hard
ness of other metals, being for this
purpose drawn a certain number of
times over the polished surface of the
latter.
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